they can write self help book autos there is a part in the washington street beacon piece, where it's about "new york times" reporter is trying to impress president obama, basically up, one uping themselves about who knew a professor better, robert putnam in an amazing moment between president pres and the president. >> right. very never heard of this professor. it probably says a lot more about me than them. reporter says oh, well, you know, robert putnam, of course, blah blah. the president says, yeah. he brought him up first, reporter says i had robert putnam as a professor. and president obama says yes, bob and i are very close. interesting thing is that the president, president bush went to harvard, too but he doesn't act or talk like these guys. i'm surprised at questions asked because it seems they're so afraid of president obama's notorious bad news coverage. by the time i became press secretary we expected bad press coverage so if i would give expectations and tell people look that story tomorrow is not going to be good, and in the moshing the president would say, that wasn't